Hand-wheel.



'PATENTED 00T.. 2a, 1906;l

P A LAWV HAND WHEEL.

APBLIOATIDX FILED 1115.14, 1903.

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' To dll whom. it may concern:

FRED'l A; LAW-oi HARTFORD, 'CONNECT'IOUTQ'SSIGOR OT'ELEOTRIO l lv'EnroLE- COMPANY, .OF JERSEY 'orTinuEw-I` JERSEY, .A CORPORAL,

- TIGN- OFNEW JansmaA no. ceases?, r

Be it knownthat I, FRED A. LAW, a aizi of the ,United States, ,and` a resident lbf the city of Hartford, county of Hartford', State of Connecticut, have invented-certain new and l 'useful Improvements in Hand-Wheels,of

which the following is a specification,l refer-..,. ence being had to the accompanying'drawin forming a part hereof.

y invention relates to steeringv mechan- -1sm for motor-veh1cles,fand particularly to Ameans by which ,anoccupant ofthe, vehicle operatesthe deiecting-.wheels for the purpose of guiding the vehicle and it consists of certain improvements or modifications broadly covered or referred to in nay-application for atent heretofore filed May 16, 1902,"

Serial o. 101,608. Among the objects of this invent-ion is to provide 1n such a mechanism convenience of,`

ingress and egress to and from the vehicle, whlle the operatingb 1parts are at the same time- 'most accessi broadly Vgovern-ed inmy Aabove-mentioned a licatlon and primarily one of the spec' c orms shown, but not claimed, in said applilcation, and, furthermore, to secure a simple,-

strong, .durable construction, as will hereinafter -more particularly appear.

Referring to the drawings forming va part hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation, part in section, showing steeringillar and its u pper and lower connections em odyi'ng my invention. `Fig. 2 is an end or top' view ofthe toothed member at the lower extremity of the steering-shaft. Fig. 3 is a plan view, on

' smaller scale, of the mechanisrnshown in Fig. 1', supplemented with diagrammatic represent tion of the connections between the opera in mechanism and a road-wheel to be deflecte thereby.

In the44 drawings, A isa steering shaft or pillar; B, `a casing at the lower end of said shaft, 'of which a portion B provides an inclined b ase or 'suv port for thesteerin -shaft. The upper end o A is a rotating han -wheel or controlling-wheel C, which is pivotally connected directly to the upper end of the shaft by means of a ivot D. C. is the hub of t e steering hand-wheel. .d is a pin passing through the hub and the end ofthe steering-shaft, ormin a plvotbetween the steering hand-wheel ub and the by al constructionv ND-wl-IEElQ-f `movab e on the shaft. t

E. sa latch mountedon orin a ivot'on the end o'fthe shaft A when the hand-wheel (Y) is in a posltion normal to the axis of the shaft, and

therefore in a position-'to operate the steer- .l ingmechamsm by its rotatlon. Such latch may be ofany desired size or form as a vbolt or locking-clamp'. I prefer ,'.such locking. i

means located, as shown, 'at lthe end of the shaft or accessible from the upper side of the hand-wheel for convenience 1n use The under side of the hub C on one side is 'out awa as at c, and thesides of the-upper end of t eshaft A are slabbed, so as to permit a secre en agement between the hand- Wheel hub and 51e shaft and also permit th`e former to rotate around the pivotal connectioxlD-to a suflicient extent on one side or Ot. u m

' At the lowerend of the shaft is the'skew- `pinion F, enga with the reciprocating member G, em ro ying arack, in view of ,which the rotation of the pinion F moves the member G longitudinally. As shown dia-A grammatically m Fi 3, the longitudinal lmovement of this rac member G transmits,

through the link H' and arm J, an oscillating movement around the pivot K to the individually-pivoted wheel which in, turn by the connection of the arm Mand link N transmitsto a second steering-wheell (not shown) the necessary deiection for steering the ve-` hicle.

I do not Wish tollimit myself to the precise `details of construction herein shown and described, as it Awill be readily seen that such may be more or less modified bod 'ng m invention; but

at I esire to secure vand claim is- -1. In combination inasteering mechanism,

by Letters Patent i while still t ema rotating steering-shaft, interengaging memshaft, a steering hand-wheel, a'hub for said, hand-wheel, a longitudinally-immovable' piv- 'therefor at the ower end of said s 2. The combination in a steering mechan-l ism, wf a rotating steering-shaft, a rgid base or support' therefor'at the lower en of said otal connection at the u per end of said steering-shaft cooperating irectly with the hub of said hand-wheel,l and a means lfor locking said'hub and steering-shaft end in 'a predetermined osition,`sa1d means being accessible from t e upper side of said' hand-wheel. 3. The combination in a steering mechanism of a steerin -shaft, a single rid support aft, a tilting hand-wheel at the u per end `of said shaft, a pivotal connection etween said upper shaft end and hand-Wheel, permitting relative movement ina single direction onlyr means for positively locking said hand-whee in an operative position to rotate said shaft.

4. In asteering mechanism for motor-vehicles, a rotating steering-shaft, a rigid inclined supporting-base, a hand-Wheel, a hub for said hand-wheel', a longitudinallK-immovable ivotal connection. betweent e end of said s aft and said hub, a lateral extension of' wheel', a pivotal connection between the end"- of said shaft and said hub, iEparallel faces on each side of the u per end o said shaft and a recess infsaid w eel-hubcoperating with .said shaft end, as and for the purpose described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 11th day of February, A. D. 1903.

p FRED A. LAW.

In presence of- M. L. CLARK, HERMANN F.' CUNTZ. 

